Alphons Diepenbrock

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Alphonsus Johannes Maria Diepenbrock (September 2, 1862 in Amsterdam – April 5, 1921) was a Dutch composer, essayist and classicist. He studied classics at the University of Amsterdam, gaining his doctorate cum laude in 1888 with a dissertation in Latin on the life of Seneca. As a composer, he had been completely self-taught from an early age. He created a musical idiom which, in a highly personal manner, combined 16th-century polyphony with Wagnerian chromaticism, to which in later years was added the impressionistic refinement that he encountered in Debussy's music. His predominantly vocal output is distinguished by the high quality of the texts used. Apart from the Ancient Greek dramatists and Latin liturgy, he was inspired by, among others, Goethe, Novalis, Vondel, Brentano, Hölderlin, Heine, Nietzsche, Baudelaire and Verlaine. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

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Diepenbrock: Anniversary Edition, Vol. 7: Works for Choir a cappella

Diepenbrock: Orchestral Songs

Diepenbrock: Symphonic Poems

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Diepenbrock: Muss Immer Der Morgen Wiederkommen / Marsyas or The Enchanted Well: Suite / Hymne

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Alphons Diepenbrock: Symphonic Suite Elektra - Hymn an Die Nacht - Overture 'De Vogels'

Diepenbrock: Orchestral Works and Symphonic Songs

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Alphons Diepenbrock: And the Golden Age

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Vox Neerlandica II

Diepenbrock: Complete Songs

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Diepenbrock: Anniversary Edition, Vol. 1: Stage Works and Orchestral Works

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Alphons Diepenbrock And The Golden Age

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Alphons Diepenbrock - Songs 2

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